FULL CLASS OVERVIEW

The Scene Study Lab is a six-week, deep-dive acting intensive focused on one screenplay and a professional rehearsal process. At the end of these six weeks we will have a public performance! You’ll also have scenes ready to shoot for your reel.

Rather than sampling disconnected scenes, actors commit to a single text and build their work over time — developing character, relationship, and behavior through repetition, direction, and refinement.

This lab is designed both as:

  • a natural next step for students completing Acting Foundations and Acting Essentials, and

  • a specialty add-on for continuing actors who want focused scene work without an ongoing Technique commitment.

🌟 This Session’s Script:

Actors will work from a contemporary, dialogue-driven screenplay known for its intellectual rigor, sharp pacing, and high-stakes interpersonal conflict. Get ready to have fun!

The text provides a rich landscape for:

  • clear, urgent objectives
  • fast-moving dialogue driven by thought and impulse
  • power dynamics and shifting status
  • conflict under pressure
  • deep listening and precision rather than “indicated” acting

It is an ideal text for advanced scene study rooted in Stanislavski-based technique, where clarity of action and truthful behavior take precedence over performance choices.

Schedule

Sundays:
 March 22
 March 29
 April 12
 April 19
 April 26

Saturday:
 April 4 (in place of Easter Sunday)

Time: 1:00–4:00 PM

 

Public Performance

The lab concludes with a public performance of scenes at Arizona Actors Academy:

📍 Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 PM
 Friends, family, and the AZAA community are invited.

 

Tuition

Standard Tuition: $400
 AZAA Add-On Discount: $200 (for currently enrolled students)

Because this lab builds week to week, consistent attendance is strongly encouraged.

What Makes This Lab Different

This is not a drop-in scene class.

This lab follows a true rehearsal arc, allowing actors to:

  • break down a screenplay as working actors do

  • explore playable objectives, tactics, and obstacles

  • strengthen listening and impulse under complex dialogue

  • rehearse scenes week to week with intention

  • receive detailed, individualized direction

  • integrate notes and adjustments into repeat performances

  • prepare scenes for public presentation

By the final week, actors aren’t “trying things,” they are inhabiting the work.

Join the Lab

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March 22nd - Aprili 26th